Dartmouth alumna, Anjali M Prabhat and EEES PhD candidate, Kate Miller are lead authors of a newly published anthropology paper titled, "Homoplasy in the evolution of modern human-like joint proportions in Australopithecus afarensis."

In the early 19th century in North America, parasitic infections were quite common in urban areas due in part to population growth and...

Dartmouth archaeologists have been awarded a Neukom Institute CompX grant to support remote sensing of ancient settlements in the Upper Connecticut River Valley.

A "New York Times" reviewer writes that in DeSilva's new book, "First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human," the associate professor of anthropology "proposes that our bipedalism is at the root of our uniqueness as a species ... neatly braiding his own research with the wider narrative and history of human evolution."

Woolly mammoths may have walked the landscape at the same time as the earliest humans in what is now New England, according to a Dartmouth...

Egyptian mummified baboons may help unlock secrets of a lost civilization known as the Land of Punt, according to a new study by Nathaniel...

Dale Eickelman is honored and recognized for his exceptional service to the field of Middle East Studies. Over 18 years at NYU, 27 at...

Maron Greenleaf has been awarded a Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Wenner-Gren Foundation.

A Dartmouth-led study using multi-sensor drones has revealed a large, circular earthwork at what may be Etzanoa, an archaeological site near...

Dartmouth professor, Sienna Craig, in collaboration with anthropologists from several other institutions was awarded a competitive Social...